| Literature DB >> 14179538 |
S LANDI, F H FRASER, F O WISHART.
Abstract
Sixty first-year medical students, negative to 1:2000 and 1:100 dilutions of old tuberculin (OT), were vaccinated with freezedried BCG vaccine. At six months, 98.3% were found to be positive reactors as ascertained by the intracutaneous (Mantoux) method, using 1:2000 and 1:100 dilutions of OT, and 73.7% as ascertained by the Heaf test, using a tuberculin PPD solution containing 100,000 T.U. per ml.Keywords: BCG VACCINATION; CANADA; FREEZE DRYING; TUBERCULIN TEST
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Year: 1964 PMID： 14179538 PMCID： PMC1927400
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Can Med Assoc J ISSN： 0008-4409 Impact factor: 8.262